Museum purchase, 1995.36.1480 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Rossia Insurance Company Construction Site, January 28, 1914

PhotographerPhotographed by William G. Dudley American, 1877 - 1934

Date1914

MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass

DimensionsPlate (height x width): 8 x 10in. (20.3 x 25.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionThe Rossia Insurance Company building at 1565 Broad Street on the corner of Farmington Avenue in Hartford is under construction, surrounded by scaffolding and construction equipment..The Theological Institute of Connecticut buildings are visible in the background. Farmington Avenue, lined with utility poles and with trolley tracks in the roadbed, is in the foreground.

Object number1995.36.1480

InscribedOn glass, lower left, in black ink, "Jan - 28 - 1914".NotesSubject Note: This photograph is one in a chronological sequence of photographs showing construction of the Rossia Insurance Company building at 1565 Broad Street on the corner of Farmington Avenue in Hartford.

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